World War Four

OK it probably deserves 1 star but in a generous mood today. Terrible acting, nonsense plot and I am only halfway through the movie writing this. Just can't stop watching it for some strange reason 🤔

The battle scenes in this were probably cut from real battles. Then comes this unbelievably ridiculous plot line, with some of the worst acting I've ever seen. Don't waste your time. Watching paint dry would be more interesting, considering the story line.

I have absolutely no idea what the story of this film is meant to be. There is basically almost zero plot or character development. It just seems to launch in to military conflict with no explanation whatsoever. That conflict is illustrated by huge amounts of stock footage stitched together with no consideration of continuity. A flight of aircraft is supposed to be over the Black Sea. But this changes to the Baltic - and then back to the Black Sea. However, the planes are shown over desert, then snow covered mountains, ocean and somewhere with palm trees.

The planes themselves somehow metamorphosize from Danish F-16s and RAF Typhoons into USAF aircraft. They are shown attacking what is described as a "Mig-23," but obviously is a F-18. This then changes to a Mig-21 - and then gets shot down when it turns into an American QF-4 drone.

This must have been the cheapest movie in history Avoid.

Did they even have a military advisor in the making of the film? One glaring error helicopter pilots had the wrong helmets

Making a dramatically-successful film primarily from stock footage is a nearly impossible task. Unfortunately, this film proves that.

There are some genres and worlds in which it's easy to spot mistakes, and military films are one of those genres. Much of the non-stock military scenes in this film get things so very wrong. Research, please. Build a look-book so you know what looks right. Example: the naval officer with a goatee. Nyet, comrade.

I really want to cheer for low budget indie filmmakers, but you can't cheat your way through making a film. Lay off the stock footage, get your details right, and of course cobble together a great story and a great cast and you'll end up with a good film.